Julie Grigio (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
redwinekindofgirl) wrote2017-10-17 07:58 pm
redwinekindofgirl) wrote2017-10-17 07:58 pm
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Miss Julie, it's Delmar.
[His voice lacks all of his usual chipperness, instead sounding hoarse and tired]
I'm very sorry to trouble you but I need to tell you something important. If you encounter a person named 'Yukari', please stay away from them. They are very dangerous. He hurt someone important to me very badly.
[His voice lacks all of his usual chipperness, instead sounding hoarse and tired]
I'm very sorry to trouble you but I need to tell you something important. If you encounter a person named 'Yukari', please stay away from them. They are very dangerous. He hurt someone important to me very badly.
It's no trouble.
[She listens, a small frown on her face, and makes a note of the name before she focuses on the more important thing.]
Are you okay?
[She listens, a small frown on her face, and makes a note of the name before she focuses on the more important thing.]
Are you okay?
[Phew, that's good.]
It's just-- Don't take this the wrong way, but you sound terrible.
It's just-- Don't take this the wrong way, but you sound terrible.
... Do you need a hug?
[Her mom would hug her when she felt bad, and it usually worked. Her dad never did, after she died.]
[Her mom would hug her when she felt bad, and it usually worked. Her dad never did, after she died.]
[She tracks him down to the bunker-slash-hideout and lets herself in, slipping past a few people before she finds Delmar.
Tapping his shoulder gently, she waits for him to turn around before she promptly puts her arms around him, lightly resting her forehead against his chest.]
Tapping his shoulder gently, she waits for him to turn around before she promptly puts her arms around him, lightly resting her forehead against his chest.]
[Delmar's mouth had instinctively opened to say something but no words come and it closes again. Instead he just returns the hug he so very much needed, closing his eyes and hugging her tight.
For the first time in many days he feels something other than fear and sadness]
For the first time in many days he feels something other than fear and sadness]
[She's over half a foot shorter than him, just enough that the top of her head falls level with his chin. As far as she's concerned, it's a good height.
Julie hugs him for a few moments more, then squeezes her arms around him and pats him on the back lightly.]
Better?
Julie hugs him for a few moments more, then squeezes her arms around him and pats him on the back lightly.]
Better?
Much better
[He tries to smile for her, but it's only a partial success. Still what he manages is genuine.]
I'm sorry that I worried you. But I am very glad that you are safe.
[Delmar sets his hands on her shoulders, reaffirming for himself that she is in one piece and unharmed]
[He tries to smile for her, but it's only a partial success. Still what he manages is genuine.]
I'm sorry that I worried you. But I am very glad that you are safe.
[Delmar sets his hands on her shoulders, reaffirming for himself that she is in one piece and unharmed]
[She is very much in one piece, and she straightens up under his hands as if to demonstrate it.
Once he's finished with his assessment, she looks around at the ongoing work with obvious interest.]
Do you need anything down here?
Once he's finished with his assessment, she looks around at the ongoing work with obvious interest.]
Do you need anything down here?
[Delmar follows the path of her gaze, taking in the sight of the hide out. The structure is essentially finished, so its secure and sustainable now. But its bare bones, essentially, though Delmar has tried to do things like gather blankets and food that won't go bad]
Well...We could really use anything people have to spare. And also people who can make sure everyone knows there's a safe place to come to. To, um, to spread the word.
Well...We could really use anything people have to spare. And also people who can make sure everyone knows there's a safe place to come to. To, um, to spread the word.
Off-network, right?
[She gets it. Regardless of what Delmar might think about the lack of creature comforts in this hideout, Julie can examine it with the kind of critical eye that could have only come from her father. She hates it, but it's useful sometimes.
Julie gives Delmar a reassuring smile and lightly pats his arm.]
I'll try to help. I'm good at hoarding supplies.
[She gets it. Regardless of what Delmar might think about the lack of creature comforts in this hideout, Julie can examine it with the kind of critical eye that could have only come from her father. She hates it, but it's useful sometimes.
Julie gives Delmar a reassuring smile and lightly pats his arm.]
I'll try to help. I'm good at hoarding supplies.
[A nod]
Yes, I'm afraid so. I don't know if we can trust these telephones right now.
[He smiles a little, grateful, when she pats his arm]
That is very generous of you. But I wouldn't want to put you to any trouble. Or have you out there in any more danger.
Yes, I'm afraid so. I don't know if we can trust these telephones right now.
[He smiles a little, grateful, when she pats his arm]
That is very generous of you. But I wouldn't want to put you to any trouble. Or have you out there in any more danger.
I don't think I can be in more danger than I already am.
[There's a grim smile with that, but he already knows how she really feels about it.]
Besides, I have a gun. I'll be fine.
[There's a grim smile with that, but he already knows how she really feels about it.]
Besides, I have a gun. I'll be fine.
I'm always careful. [A lie, and a flippant one at that, but delivered with such a smile that it would be hard to believe she isn't telling the truth.
She looks around again, briefly.]
Okay, I'll see what I can find, then I'll be back.
She looks around again, briefly.]
Okay, I'll see what I can find, then I'll be back.
I wanted to thank you for coming to Delmar's rescue. He's such a good person and I hate the thought of the Null harming him, but I'm grateful that he has a friend like you who could help him in his time of need.
There was no way in hell I was gonna leave him out there for those things.
Of course you couldn't. Anyone who could is either craven or cruel.
Or just like them. We have to be better than that.
Yes, we most certainly do. It's our humanity that the Null cannot abide. We must prove to them that it's our source of strength, rather than a weakness.
But I'm afraid I've been terribly rude and haven't introduced myself properly. My name is Margaery Tyrell, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. And you're Julie, I take it?
But I'm afraid I've been terribly rude and haven't introduced myself properly. My name is Margaery Tyrell, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. And you're Julie, I take it?
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